Waterloo Cup 1941
The Waterloo Cup of 1941 began on Wednesday 12th February 1941, although there was a chance the event would be cancelled at the last minute because of a serious outbreak of Foot & Mouth disease. The entry conditions for the race required 64 subscribers to subscribe their nomination at £25 each. The winner received £500 and a trophy (valued at £100) donated by the Earl of Sefton. The runner-up received £200, while the losing semi-finalists each received £50. The winner, Swinging Light, was owned by Mr C M Cohan of Liverpool, who is well known in shipping circles and is associated with Messrs H E Moss & Co. He was nominated by Mr R C Brownlee, while the runner-up was owned by Mrs F H Kent and nominated by Lt-Col Fullerton. For the first time this year there were women beaters from the Womens Land Army. WATERLOO CUP WINNER:- SWINGING LIGHT (Red fawn by Dee Rock out of Beaut) The Plate was won by String owned by the Countess of Sefton. The Purse was won by Magic Hand owned by Mr M F Horlock. |
1. Bezantine |
Rock Agility | |||||
2. Rock Agility 1/2 |
White Heart | |||||
3. Cumberbund |
White Heart 6/4 | |||||
4. White Heart 2/7 |
Lapsed Legacy | |||||
5. Ranch Kilmore 4/6 |
Ranch Kilmore | |||||
6. Elizabeth |
Lapsed Legacy 1/2 | |||||
7. Lapsed Legacy (NB) |
Lapsed Legacy (NB) | |||||
8. Buckden Dandy |
Swinging Light 2/5 | |||||
9. Dry Champagne |
Swinging Light 7/4 | |||||
10. Swinging Light 1/2 |
Swinging Light 6/4 | |||||
11. Saunter |
Dew Rodger | |||||
12. Dew Rodger 2/7 |
Swinging Light 3/1 | |||||
13. Heated Words 4/5 |
Heated Words 2/1 | |||||
14. Good Jest |
Heated Words | |||||
15. Most Affluent |
String | |||||
16. String 4/6 |
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17. Mount Royal 4/6 |
Swinging Light 2/5 | |||||
18. Drunken Matelot |
Mount Royal 4/6 | |||||
19. Firm and Fair 6/4 |
Mount Royal 2/1 | |||||
20. Holystone Cleugh |
Firm and Fair | |||||
21. Maesydd Mascot |
Mount Royal 4/5 | |||||
22. Holystone Rookery 4/7 |
Holystone Rockery | |||||
23. Gone On |
White Book | |||||
24. White Book 1/6 |
White Book 4/5 | |||||
25. Bosom Friend |
Mount Royal | |||||
26. White Wood 4/6 |
White Wood 4/5 | |||||
27. High Rocket |
White Wood 7/2 | |||||
28. Red Deer (NB) |
Red Deer | |||||
29. Chatterton |
White Wood | |||||
30. Perfect Situation 2/5 |
Perfect Situation | |||||
31. Magic Hand |
Lending Library | |||||
32. Lending Library 2/7 |
Lending Library 1/3 | Swinging Light | ||||
33. Dee Raft 4/6 |
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34. Shamrock Prince |
Dee Raft | |||||
35. Holystone View |
Rock Bottom (NB) | |||||
36. Rock Bottom 2/5 |
Rock Bottom 7/4 | |||||
37. Bryn Mirth 3/1 |
Rock Bottom 3/1 | |||||
38. Dendera Joker |
Bryn Mirth | |||||
39. Culrat |
Penny Piece | |||||
40. Penny Piece 6/4 |
Penny Piece 6/4 | |||||
41. Dutton Ash 2/7 |
Rock Bottom | |||||
42. Boiler |
Dutton Ash 1/2 | |||||
43. Rugged Alps |
Dutton Ash 1/3 | |||||
44. Radiant Light 4/5 |
Radiant Light | |||||
45. Bayland Dandy |
Dutton Ash | |||||
46. Merlin Hawk 1/3 |
Merlin Hawk | |||||
47. Dee Forge |
Screen | |||||
48. Screen 11/10 |
Screen 2/5 | |||||
49. Stanbridge Selerity (NB) |
Stanbridge Selerity | |||||
50. Perfect Stranger |
Stanbridge Selerity 1/5 | |||||
51. Drastic Measure |
Stanbridge Selerity 1/4 | |||||
52. Eldest Born 10/11 |
Eldest Born | |||||
53. Shrapnel 1/5 |
Stanbridge Selerity (Bye) | |||||
54. Half Way |
Shrapnel | |||||
55. Ballerino |
Dew Tar | |||||
56. Dew Tar 2/5 |
Dew Tar 3/1 | |||||
57. Pleasure Steamer 1/6 |
Stanbridge Selerity 1/4 | |||||
58. Stuntney Acne |
Pleasure Steamer | |||||
59. Just Reason |
Reason 11/10 | |||||
60. Reason 5/2 |
Reason 4/6 | |||||
61. The Levite 4/7 |
Reason | |||||
62. Lady Lawless |
The Levite | |||||
63. RIF (NB) |
RIF | |||||
64. Jingling Reed |
RIF 5/4 |
I am very grateful to Gavin Purdon for forwarding the extract shown below from the diary of Mr Merryweather, of New Shildon, who had a keen interest in the Waterloo Cup. Robert William Merryweather (1890 – 1957), son of a railwayman, worked for the London & North Eastern Railways as a bricklayer's labourer at the Shildon Railway Wagon Works and kept a meticulous diary about coursing and horse racing. |